Poll: Governor Steady As Suicide Measure Wanes

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE - MIDWEST

October 26, 1998

DETROIT - Weekend polls showed Michigan's Republican Gov. John Engler holding a comfortable 2-to-1 lead in his bid for a third term, while support was eroding for a proposal to legalize doctor-assisted suicide. A poll in Sunday's Detroit News said Engler would win 62 percent to 30 percent over Democratic challenger Geoffrey Fieger, best known as Dr. Jack Kevorkian's attorney. A separate poll published in the Detroit Free Press said a majority of voters would vote against ProposalB, which would permit physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.